Improvement in candiiesticks



` To'll whom it mog/concern! y autel-imm pero' oma.

HENRY ZAHN, or SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA;

i I LettersIPatent-No. 105,875, dated 'J'uly 26, 18,170.

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. v I I *I'MPRovnMENT INCADLESTICKS.

. The Schedulereierred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame )Be itknown'that' I, HII'NRYZAHNQO' thercity` and `county of SanFrancisco, State of California, -havein- I tv ented certainnewandLuseful` Improvements in Can- I `dlestlcks; and I do hereby declare`the following description and accvonpanyingdrawing are suflicient toenable any personskilled in them-t or science to which most nearlyappertainsto `malte and use Iny said Iinventlon.or'lniproverneutswithout further invention ,orf'experlmentf I j My inventionrelatestoranIirnprfienient upon a device-for holdingacandlesinycandlestio'ks;for'which a flt consists `in constructing thenutgthrough which theV screw passesfso'th'at it canbe removed. from one.cludlestick andat'tached to anotl1er as desired.` It `also renders the;applicationjof my device to-porce- 4 `lainl gass, and other fragilecandlestickseasily acoomQ- piso.I I

. In order `to explain-niy,"invention,so that others "joan understandIitsIcon'struction and intention, referonce is had to -the'accompanyingdrawing forming part Vutf this specification, in .which-.- 4

I A represents a porcelain or other candlesticl.

I. i'IMy former patent relates to the application of the sl'ewluito theupper portion ,of the hollowstem B, `which receives the'candlafor thepurpose o f steadying l .the candle andholding itin the socket.

'My present inventionrelatesto the nut through Avhich the screwa passes.This nut I construct in twoparts. The part b consists of anut, which isof .distance upon the outside.

suliicient lengt-h to extend through the metal, porce- Iain, or othermaterial of which the candles'tick is made-,at either side of thesocket, and project a short The end of the part b whioh cornes insidethe socket is provided with a Af1ange,'e, whichbears against the metalor porcelain, whilethc nut itself passes through -a hole in the stem Bof the Candlestick,

Thsnut isprovided with screw-threads inside, through which the screw apasses, and the portion which projects outside of 4the stern is alsoprovided with threads on its outside, upon which acollar or nut, t', isscrewed until it binds against the stein and draws the ange e firmlyagainst the inside ofthe stem, thus ixing the nut in its place.

' By this means, should the candlestiok he broken,

the entire device `can be changed` to another, while it forms afcomplete nut for the purpose intended. Having thus described myinvention,

' What I claiin, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isy Theelongated nut b, provided with aiiange, e,'to

getller with the outside clamping-nut t', substantially "as and for thepurpose above described.

' IIn-`\vitness `that the abovefdescribed invention is claimed by me. I'have hereunto set my hand and seal. L

HENRY ZAHN, [n s.]

. Witnesses.; l

' CHARLES-BROWN, I

J. L. BOONE.V

